April 11, 1861
- Beauregard demands, by order of the Secretary of War, the unconditional surrender of Fort Sumter. The demand is refused by Major Anderson, his own sense of honor and his obligations to the U. S. Government not permitting compliance.1
- A final request would come in the early morning hours of April 12, shortly before the bombardment of the fortress began.
- Confederate commissioners left Washington satisfied that no recognition of their government would be acceded to.1
- The safety of Washington provided for.1
- A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863